The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cypher skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Cypher falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
3,579
4,523
6,923
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
36.54%
35.57%
33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,432
3,130
5,115
10th Percentile
£340
£325
£363
25th Percentile
£413
£425
£431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£525
£535
Median % change year-on-year
-4.76%
-1.87%
-2.73%
75th Percentile
£638
£650
£650
90th Percentile
£788
£825
£756
UK median daily rate
£505
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-3.81%
-4.55%
-2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted
79
65
171
10th Percentile
£33.83
£28.25
£39.00
25th Percentile
£54.63
£37.50
£51.25
Median hourly rate
£65.00
£60.00
£63.00
Median % change year-on-year
+8.33%
-4.76%
+5.00%
75th Percentile
£68.00
£75.00
£74.38
90th Percentile
£76.00
£85.00
£90.00
UK median hourly rate
£55.00
£65.00
£63.00
% change year-on-year
-15.38%
+3.17%
+11.40%
Cypher Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cypher as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cypher Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Cypher.
Cypher Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Cypher also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options and a requirement for Cypher.
Cypher Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
